"The only thing Sam's lighting up is our phone lines with bets on him to be axed,” said Ladbrokes’ Jessica Bridge. “As soon as he'd finished singing his price collapsed and that's why he's the odds-on favourite to say cheerio on Sunday night."

This won’t be a shock to the Group's mentor Gary Barlow, the Take That singer tore into the 19-year-old's performance, telling him: "You are keen to learn but I hated that performance tonight.

"I thought the vocals were really exposed. You are not the best singer in the competition, the problem for you is everyone else is so much better than you."